It has been a long, long time since I last posted on the Shizzling blog. The reason is that my Facebook page became very busy and I ended up posting to there by default and forgetting to update the blog.

Despite this, the visitor numbers to this blog have steadily risen, which makes me think there is a demand for the recipes and other related stuff that I used to post.

I've resolved to make an effort and start posting again, perhaps with crosslinks to the Facebook group for people who want to have a conversation.

To get the ball rolling, here's a post from the Shizzling Facebook page that includes a quick and easy recipe for Lavash - a flatbread that accompanies many meals in Turkey.

I was watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives episode on Kansas City BBQ and I saw this rub that includes ground celery seeds. I like the flavour of celery seeds in my Memphis Coleslaw recipe, so I thought I'd make a batch of rub to see what it tastes like.

21/05/2012

Authentic Buffalo wings, as invented in Buffalo, New York State, are deep fried chicken wings that are coated in a sauce made of melted butter, vinegar, hot sauce and cayenne pepper. My version cooks the chicken low and slow on the barbecue to give a smoky accent to the flavours.

28/03/2012

We pottered around in the hotel for a few hours before heading over for a tour of the Houston Space Center. If you ever travel to Houston you really need to see this. On first entry I was a bit worried - it looked like a kids interactive exhibit, but it's the tour of Mission Control and various other Space Center buildings that makes it worth visiting. In particular, the Saturn 5 rocket in one of the hangars is breathtakingly enormous.